His current master, Simon Bass, wants to use Widge's shorthand to acquire Shakespeare's Hamlet, which has not been printed for the public. Bright, taught him charactery, a shorthand language, to steal other preachers' sermons. Widge: an orphan who does not know his real name and was born around 1587.After Falconer, who turned out to be Bass in disguise, dies in a duel with The Lord Chamberlain's Men shareholder Robert Armin, Widge remains at The Globe to work toward his dream of being a player. Falconer continues to press Widge to steal the play, resulting in a constant cat and mouse chase between them. But it's hard for him knowing his duty is to not be a part of this family but to steal from them. For the first time, Widge feels part of a real family. Widge eventually settles into the acting troupe by posing as a hopeful player, and The Lord Chamberlain's Men accepts him. Hamlet 's performance so enraptures Widge that he forgets part of his assignment, and when he returns for a second try, his notebook is stolen. Widge sets off to London with Falconer, a ruthless man whom Bass assigns to ensure Widge succeeds. Bass, his new master, wants to use Widge's skill to transcribe William Shakespeare's Hamlet before Shakespeare prints it. In the late Elizabethan era, a fourteen-year-old orphan known only by his nickname, Widge, has learned shorthand, a method of rapid writing by means of abbreviations and symbols, from his previous master, a preacher who wants Widge to steal other preachers' sermons. Blackwood published two sequels, Shakespeare's Scribe (2000) and Shakespeare's Spy (2003). It was an ALA Notable Children's Book in 1999. Taking place in the Elizabethan-era England, it recounts the story of Widge, an orphan whose master sends him to steal Hamlet from The Lord Chamberlain's Men. The Shakespeare Stealer is a 1998 historical fiction novel by Gary Blackwood. 1998 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.
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